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ReviewPhysiological reviews2019

The Functional and Neurobiological Properties of Bad Taste.

Lindsey A Schier, Alan C Spector

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Review in Physiological reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lindsey A SchierDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California ; and Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida.
Alan C SpectorDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California ; and Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida.
Florida State University · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

PSYCHOPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF TASTE FUNCTIONR01DC004574 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI SPECTOR, ALAN C · 2001 to 2019
$4.4M
Translational Analyses of Ingestive Behavior After Gastric BypassR01DK106112 · NIDDK · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SPECTOR, ALAN C · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Functional Organization of the Central Gustatory SystemR01DC009821 · NIDCD · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SPECTOR, ALAN C · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004574NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009821NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK106112
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gustatory system serves as a critical line of defense against ingesting harmful substances. Technological advances have fostered the characterization of peripheral receptors and have created opportunities for more selective manipulations of the nervous system, yet the neurobiological mechanisms underlying taste-based avoidance and aversion remain poorly understood. One conceptual obstacle stems from a lack of recognition that taste signals subserve several behavioral and physiological functions which likely engage partially segregated neural circuits. Moreover, although the gustatory system evolved to respond expediently to broad classes of biologically relevant chemicals, innate repertoires are often not in register with the actual consequences of a food. The mammalian brain exhibits tremendous flexibility; responses to taste can be modified in a specific manner according to bodily needs and the learned consequences of ingestion. Therefore, experimental strategies that distinguish between the functional properties of various taste-guided behaviors and link them to specific neural circuits need to be applied. Given the close relationship between the gustatory and visceroceptive systems, a full reckoning of the neural architecture of bad taste requires an understanding of how these respective sensory signals are integrated in the brain.

Indexed as

AnimalsBehaviorBrainHumansLearningTasteTaste BudsTaste Perception

Identifiers

PMID30475657
PMCPMC6442928
OpenAlexW2903157487

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